KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT AT THE WORLD BANK

As I have noted before, there is a K4D site at the World Bank:
http://www.worldbank.org/wbi/knowledgefordevelopment/

The K4D program rests on the basis built through the preparation of:

The World Development Report, 1998/99: Knowledge for Development
http://www.worldbank.org/wdr/wdr98/index.htm

That report was perhaps one of the most effective applications of K4D thinking in the Bank. Other important examples include:

China and the Knowledge Economy: Seizing the 21st Century
By Carl J. Dahlman, and Jean-Eric Aubert. 2001. (PDF, 196 pages)
http://www1.worldbank.org/education/PDF/China%20report_0917.pdf
Abstract: http://www1.worldbank.org/education/abstracts.htm#China%20and%20the%20Knowledge%20Economy

Korea and the Knowledge-based Economy: Making the Transition,
By Carl Dahlman and Thomas Andersson, 2001 (PDF, 149 pages)
http://www1.worldbank.org/education/PDF/Korea.pdf
Abstract: http://www1.worldbank.org/education/abstracts.htm#Korea

To date, however, I don’t know of any comprehensive K4D projects that have been funded by the Bank. Thus the K4D approach until now has apparently proved more valuable as an analytic and didactic approach to development, than as a project development tool.